Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-10-20


wAsHrzoroN, D.c.oct. II. 1881
twas the proud boast Of the Emper-
or Augustus, that he bad found Rome
built Of brick and LEFT Il built OF marble
The chief glory Of that great Empires
golden age; and In modern times, II We
are to believe those who, as II by o.
magic wand, have performed the
wonderful feat Of converting Alex
ander r. Shepard from q vulgar poll
tical boss, who was, while Governor Of
the District Of Columbia, during the
reign Of Grantism, cheek by jowi with
BabeOck, Belknap, and other corrup-
tionists-into demi-god, upon whom
they have conferred the unique dis
tinction of canonization ere he has
''shuffied Off his mortal coil, i've have
q parallel case, for It Is claimed that
st. Shepherd found Washington wild
waste OF mud and left II the most
beautiful city in the United States
And II you had suddenly come intoI
the Federal Capital on Thursday night,
Oct. 9th, 1887, you would have shrunk
'aghast at the awful din and glare and
smoke and sound of music, supposing
that you had been accidentally switch
ed oseinto the very center Of pande-
monium-but nothing of the kind,
? dear reader-you would simply have
been disguised spectator Of st. Shep-
herds trinmphal torchlight procession
and general parade of all the Shepherd
ties and truculent toadies to be found
in the broad borders Of Washington.
The Boss-I beg pardon, the Saint
gave Washington smooth solid streets
and shaded, grassy parks, to say nothing
of glorious public debt OF many mill
lions, therefore perhaps, . majority OF
the Washingtonians worship him as
the patron saint and savior of the city.
They have notyet proposed to change
the name of Washington to Shepherd
ton, but such thing is quite probable,
for one enthusiastic has nominated
Shepherd for President of the United
States. How much better and more
christian-like it would have been TO
have contributed TO the poor, whom
we always have with US, the ten thous-
and dollars squandered in gl0rifying
Shepherd.
Thoughts Of another prominent Re-
publican now come to mind-the un-
savory Bacon, who has spoiled on the
hands of his party and who, as finan-
clal clerk, dispoiled the Patent Office
Of $50, 900 according to the report of the
Commissioner Of Patents, which has
Just been submitted to the Secretary of
the Interior. The amount of the de-
falcation is much larger than had been
supposed, and furnished the strongest
of arguments for turning the rascals
out. Bacon had been stealing thirteen
wears, and was not detected until an
undertaker's call was imperative.
The October term of the United
States Supreme Court convenes this
week, with docket largely increased
over that of last year. Among the
cases ofnote I will mention two-the
celebrated Myra Clark Gaines litigation
against the City Of New Orleans, and
the famous telephone case.
The day before the meeting Of the
Court, was consumed by the Bar Of the
Supreme Court in eulogizing the late
Justice Woods.
Secretary Lamar continues to re-
verse the indemnity railroad land de-
cisions of Commissioner Sparks-the
Secretary's last over-ruling having re-
stored 329, 900 acres to the Omaha road.
Secretary Lamar now secludes him
self from unweleome visitors upon the
plea that be is absorbed in preparing
his annual report.
The National Republican Executive
Committee will soon meet in New
York or Washington to arrange the
preliminaries for the meeting of the
National Convention, the committee
being required to convene six months
before the assembling of the Conven-
tion. Chicago, New York and Sara
toga are always in the field for the
honor, and some there are who favor
Washington.
The limit for purchasing fourteen
millions of bonds under the Treasury's
September circular expired on the Sth,
inst, the total sales to that date
amounting to S13, ,3T6, $50, which is
$685., ,I5O less than the call demanded
for the purposes of the sinking fund.
What the future policy of the Treasury
on the qnestlon Of bonds will be, the
Secretary declines to state.
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